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Thanks, jadeitelite! You can translate the page with your browser. This should help reading at least some of the text.
Thanks for the info Ruby. Yeah, I’ve been waiting over two weeks now and the rings still haven’t arrived. Have you ever bought anything from Wanda Jewelry on Etsy? Three months ago, I bought a “honey yellow” jadeite ring, in 18 k gold, for $400+. When I got the ring, I noticed that there were a few faint, hairline fractures on the surface of the stone, faint, but detectable. I noticed that along these lines, there was orange pigmentation that was different from the honey color of the stone itself. I suspect the stone has been dyed. I talked to someone named Julie and she said “the stone is natural. Natural means undated and untreated.” I told her that’s not necessarily true, as natural stone’s can still be dyed. She didn’t respond. I couldn’t get a refund. I’ve been dealing with a Mr. Lee on EBay at his store in Luohe, China, and he is very nice. His jadeite is pretty good quality and the workmanship is superb. The store or seller is leyingh. His other stores are lenotrade and trebrequi. The photos are a little enhanced though, so be careful.
) and noticed that within 1-2 weeks their prices (and also the price of another bangle that was really nice but not my size I had not favored) had been marked up considerably (20% -50%) and by as much as $1000 USD in one case.
Hello Jadies! I wanted to say a few things about JadeiteRoom, the seller on Etsy that opened an online shop earlier this year. They say they wanted to expand their existing brick and mortar business in HK claiming to be the "BEST place to buy affordable GRADE A JADE"
I really liked a bangle they had but was not sure about them as a new seller and decided to wait until I heard more. So I placed the bangle in my "favorites" on Etsy and one or two people on these threads eventually reported shopping there and that their jade checked out so I decided to go for it. I went to look at the bangle again and noticed that in the mean time the price had gone up by $200. I really liked it and after much thought, it was not cheap, decided to buy it.
I had also placed a couple of other bangles of theirs in my favorites (did not want to buy them, but to keep an eye out as another jadie was considering one of these
So I decided to run a little experiment. I added a random bangle of their inventory to my favorites. Sure enough, within 2 weeks the seller changed the price up from $300 to $500 on just that bangle. Other bangles of theirs prices' did not change during that time.
It is the seller's right to change the price of their items and you might argue this is "supply and demand" but there is no demand, I just randomly "liked" some bangle. Since opening, the prices of many of their bangles have gone up and are now on par with Ultimate Jadeite which I find to be pricey for medium quality jadeite, UJ has excellent customer service, so people like them, whatever.
I find JadeiteRoom's seller tactics to be a bit shady and wanted people to know about them here. In their defense though, unlike UJ, they do send certificates with their lower priced bangles and the jade seems to check out.
Please let people know if you have noticed a similar thing.
Here is the bangle:
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Hi, since I was one of the people that vouched for jadeiteroom, I went back to their store to check the price on a particular bangle that I was interested in, but did not buy or put in my favorites list. It was $600 back in July and $780 right now, so I do agree that her prices have definitely gone up. As for raising the price just because someone placed it in their favorites list, I don't think that is a practice that promotes goodwill towards the seller.Hello Jadies! I wanted to say a few things about JadeiteRoom, the seller on Etsy that opened an online shop earlier this year. They say they wanted to expand their existing brick and mortar business in HK claiming to be the "BEST place to buy affordable GRADE A JADE"
I really liked a bangle they had but was not sure about them as a new seller and decided to wait until I heard more. So I placed the bangle in my "favorites" on Etsy and one or two people on these threads eventually reported shopping there and that their jade checked out so I decided to go for it. I went to look at the bangle again and noticed that in the mean time the price had gone up by $200. I really liked it and after much thought, it was not cheap, decided to buy it.
I had also placed a couple of other bangles of theirs in my favorites (did not want to buy them, but to keep an eye out as another jadie was considering one of these
So I decided to run a little experiment. I added a random bangle of their inventory to my favorites. Sure enough, within 2 weeks the seller changed the price up from $300 to $500 on just that bangle. Other bangles of theirs prices' did not change during that time.
It is the seller's right to change the price of their items and you might argue this is "supply and demand" but there is no demand, I just randomly "liked" some bangle. Since opening, the prices of many of their bangles have gone up and are now on par with Ultimate Jadeite which I find to be pricey for medium quality jadeite, UJ has excellent customer service, so people like them, whatever.
I find JadeiteRoom's seller tactics to be a bit shady and wanted people to know about them here. In their defense though, unlike UJ, they do send certificates with their lower priced bangles and the jade seems to check out.
Please let people know if you have noticed a similar thing.
Here is the bangle:
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Thank you, DrBoBo
. I like it enough but I hope I did not pay too much. jadeitelite, thanks for checking back about them.
I have also noticed that JadeiteRoom's prices are now higher. On a positive note though, back when I was deciding to buy my bangle, there was a sale code (I think for labor day) but I missed it because it took me a while to decide on purchasing. I ended up contacting her, saying that I missed the sale, and she was nice enough to give me a coupon matching the sale.Thank you, DrBoBo
jadeitelite, thanks for checking back about them.
Sad to hear you are also seeing the price increases as they do have nice bangles in a variety of colors and sizes.
Hello Jadies! I wanted to say a few things about JadeiteRoom, the seller on Etsy that opened an online shop earlier this year. They say they wanted to expand their existing brick and mortar business in HK claiming to be the "BEST place to buy affordable GRADE A JADE"
I really liked a bangle they had but was not sure about them as a new seller and decided to wait until I heard more. So I placed the bangle in my "favorites" on Etsy and one or two people on these threads eventually reported shopping there and that their jade checked out so I decided to go for it. I went to look at the bangle again and noticed that in the mean time the price had gone up by $200. I really liked it and after much thought, it was not cheap, decided to buy it.
I had also placed a couple of other bangles of theirs in my favorites (did not want to buy them, but to keep an eye out as another jadie was considering one of these
So I decided to run a little experiment. I added a random bangle of their inventory to my favorites. Sure enough, within 2 weeks the seller changed the price up from $300 to $500 on just that bangle. Other bangles of theirs prices' did not change during that time.
It is the seller's right to change the price of their items and you might argue this is "supply and demand" but there is no demand, I just randomly "liked" some bangle. Since opening, the prices of many of their bangles have gone up and are now on par with Ultimate Jadeite which I find to be pricey for medium quality jadeite, UJ has excellent customer service, so people like them, whatever.
I find JadeiteRoom's seller tactics to be a bit shady and wanted people to know about them here. In their defense though, unlike UJ, they do send certificates with their lower priced bangles.
Please let people know if you have noticed a similar thing.
Here is the bangle:
View attachment 4573322
